I doubt he would wanna play a few cup games there and then though, He should be sent out on loan to someone like fulham, sunderland etc so he can improve, stay happy and be a city player still for the future.

Mancini will not have any choice but to play his best keeper at all times. At the moment that's Given. With the type of investment that has been made, the owners will expect trophies, and I don't think Mancini will stick his head out just to please Hart. I don't think Hart would be satisfied with playing just cup matches either as suggested by G-I-I. Unfortunately I can only see this going two ways: 1) either he goes out on loan now. 2) or he stays until January and goes out on loan then unless Given gets injured in the meantime. I don't think that we will sell him this season - for that he is too big a prospect. The question is how long will he be happy being loaned out for, there's no telling how long Given will remain at his best.

Well, as long as he's playing on a regular basis and is happy with that, why don't we keep loaning him out until Shay retires or dips in form? I don't see any problem with sending Joe out on loan to help his development, especially since he's only 22 years old. His best years are still ahead of him, and it's not like he's sitting on a bench somewhere if he gets loaned out, he's getting first team action.

Please don't go all Kasper Schmeichel, Joe. The sheer audacity he had in declaring himself The Man at City after a series of jammy clean sheets beggared belief. Today he's come out and talked of his "horrible" time at City. City gave you your start Kasper.

You cannot rotate your goalkeeper. Didn't Chelsea try this at one time with Bonnetti & Stepney? Didn't Stepney end up in Stretford and end up winning the European Cup? I have said before on here that Given is a bit over-rated. If he is workd class in any shape or form he would dominate his 6 yard box better and not cost us free-headed goals because he is stuck on his line. The key to your goalkeepers form is to have a settled back four or at least 2 settled centre backs. The combination Dunne, Distin and James was pretty miserly and after the disasters caused by Seaman earlier one season, the triangle mentioned above kept us in the Premier League that season (or was it the day that Walker threw out the ball, it hit Goater on the back of the head and went in?).
I would go with Joe. I think Given got too lacklustre last season because he was unchallenged.

Dont talk out of your back side Rob-EFC, the season hasn't begun, we dont know who the number 1 will be, Joe played regular football last season and went to the world cup. If he's not first choice he'll go on loan and get regular football. You read too much tabloid rubbish.

We'll scooch, personally i find it hard to understand where all this extreme hatred for Ade comes from, i know he wound you up with the celebration but even before that he was still unpopular and accused of being lazy. Might have been the case at Arsenal but he's a different player at City, he's def not lazy at City and as you know a very talented player. Maybe he's learned from his mistakes at Arsenal and we're reaping the benefits. Last season was really tough but he still managed 14 in 26 for us. Since his near death experience he always plays with a smile, i believe he has a different perspective of life now and think he'll be our top scorer this season. I'd be gutted to him go cos he's just getting started. One thing tho when going for headers he seems to jump about 5 secs before everyone else and sometimes misses. Ade has been very good for us so far and im not just saying this cos im a City fan. Sorry for going a bit off topic Tudor.

I agree with Pedmachine - Joe Hart must be given the chance over Shay, there is no room for sentiment. He's proven that he can play at the highest level and he could go on to be one of the game's greats. Stick your neck out and play him Bobby, he won't want to stick around and watch his England career go down the toilet for being on the bench.

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